Faithfully yours - A gift that only God can give
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- Published on Sunday, March 19, 2017
By Neil Strohscein
The Neepawa Banner
King David of ancient Israel was not having a good day. In one, blistering speech that took less than 10 minutes to share, the prophet Nathan had exposed over two years of adultery, murder and cover-ups鈥攁ll of which could be traced right back to David himself.
Observation - Mar. 17, 2017
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- Published on Friday, March 17, 2017
By Addy Oberlin
The Neepawa Banner
With excitement it was announced that another great grandchild is on the way. It was even mentioned that it is going to be a girl. I started searching in my knitting books for just the right pattern to make an outfit for this little girl to be.
My perspective - How big is "small"?
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- Published on Thursday, March 16, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
There will be some changes in the classrooms and hallways of 水果视频 schools this fall. On March 14, the provincial government announced that the previous government鈥檚 Smaller Classes Initiative (SCI) will be replaced with the new Early Years Education Initiative for the 2017-2018 school year. The SCI required 90 per cent of classes from Kindergarten to Grade 3 to have a maximum of 20 students. The new program won鈥檛 tie divisions to a specific class size, but will allow them to direct funding in ways they feel will best improve student outcomes in literacy and numeracy.
Right in the centre - Nobody should be surprised
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- Published on Thursday, March 16, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
It is a bit amazing that some people are surprised and even angry that the Province of 水果视频 is having to seriously look at ways of cutting expenses. The deficit is a billion dollars. In case anyone is unsure of what that is, it is 1,000 million dollars. Can one even imagine that? A 1,000 million is enough money to build 3,000 houses at $333,000 each. It鈥檚 enough to build modest sized city鈥檚 worth of homes. That鈥檚 lot of money and made even more serious because it is a deficit, a loss, and it鈥檚 happening every year.
水果视频bodies - Any man can be a father...
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- Published on Saturday, March 11, 2017
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
Back in 鈥�97, my father was 74 years of age. He was already a widower, his Parkinson鈥檚 was progressing and he moved to an independent living suite in the care complex. Still a reader, still a quoter of poetry and still a deep thinker. For his birthday, I chose a simple five by eight print, matted and in a cherry wood frame. The scene is a simple one. A father trudging through the snow and carrying a bucket, followed by a young girl and her cat, are heading out to the little barn to feed the sheep 鈥� Cheviots and Shropshires. Soft tones and gentle edges, it is truly pastoral. The quote accompanying it 鈥� 鈥淎ny man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad鈥�. My dad looked at it closely and wondered if it was a photo of him and I doing the evening chores. It wasn鈥檛/isn鈥檛, but the memories the picture evoked for him were the same as mine. It could have been us.
